subclass infusoria

English Thesaurus

1. in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	class,
definition	:	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group)

member holonym	:	infusorian,
definition	:	any member of the subclass Infusoria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	ciliata, ciliophora, class ciliata, class ciliophora,
definition	:	class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle (noun.animal)